Car cover



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WALTER IB. WALKER, OF NEWCASTLE, WASHINGTON', ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 MARS FORTIN, F NEWCASTLE, WASHINGTON.

CAB COVER.

Application filed. October 20, 1922. Serial No. 595,846.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that WALTER B. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newcastle, in the county of King and State of Washington, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Covers, of which the following is a specification.

rEhis invention relates to car covers and more particularly to covers for coal cars lo used in mines.

An object of the invention is to provide a car cover, which is collapsible or foldable, and when folded will lie in the plane of the sides of the car. Such a construction is particularly adapted for use on coal cars in mines where attachments to a car, which project beyond the outline of the car, will come in contact with bracing timbers and the like and be torn oif.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cover structure formed of a plurality of leaf members mounted on levers, half of the leaves being foldable into superimposed relation on each side of the car and in cover forming relation to have the adjacent edges overlap, means being provided to raise the center leaves higher than the others to form a sloping cover structure, and locking means being provided on the levers for locking the leaves in cover forining relation.

Other objects and the details of construction will appear in the following detailed description and in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view with the device in cover forming position.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2*-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view with the device folded onto the sides of the car body.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a portion of the car with the cover in folded position.

1 indicates a car body of the type used particularly in coal mines, having side walls 2, front end 8, and rear end 4- extending above the side walls and provided with an upper edge sloping toward the side walls as indicated at 5. The forward portion of the side walls and front end are cutaway as shown at 6.

Levers 7 are pivotally and movably mounted on pivots 8 on the upper edge of the side walls 2 adjacent the rear end a and levers 9 are similarly mounted on the side walls in the cutaway portion 6 near the juncture thereof with the main portion of the side walls. A plurality of leafmembers 10 forming cover sections are pivotally mounted on the underside of the levers 7 as shown' at l11 in spaced superimposed relation, and similarly' secured to levers 9 on the upper side as shown at 12. Spacing sleeves 13 are provided on the ypivot pins to hold the leaves in their relative positions. nWhen the leaves are in cover forming relation as shown in Fig. 1, the edges overlap as indicated at 14 in Figure 2, while cam members 15 secured inside the car body engage the underside of the rear end of the leaves and raise the leaves and levers 7 to thefinclined position shown particularly in Fig. 2, and cam members 16 engage levers 9 at the front end of the cover for inclining the front end to correspond with the rear end. Handles 17 are mounted on the upper leaf on each sideso that the covers ma be conveniently and manually operate @ne lever 7 is provided with an upstand ing shank 18 formed into a laterally extend ing handle 19, and the other lever 7 carries a plate 2O formed with a notch 21 to receive the shank 18, for locking the cover sections on each side of the car body in cover form` ing relation. A plate 22 is mounted on one lever 9 and adapted to engage under the end of the other lever 9 for supporting the end of the other lever when in cover forniing position relative thereto.

The cover is seen in cover forming position in Figs. l and 2, in which the cam members hold the cover sections to provide an incline from the center to the sides, the covers being in overlapped relation and the handle 19 and plate 2O securing the cover portions securely together. In this position, the cover will protect the. contents of the car from falling out over the sides and rear end when the car is on a steep incline or rounding curves when the material would have a tendency to fall out.

The cover may be folded when desired by disengaging shank 18 from notch 21 in plate 20 and moving the levers about their pivots into the plate of the side walls when the leaves 10 will lie in superimposed relation over the top edge of the side walls, one half of the cover being carried on each wall, and the covers lying substantially within the plane [of tlie vvalls,as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In this folded position, it will be obvious that the parts dov not pr ject beyond Vthe plane of the body and theref fore Will not oontaet with obstacles near the track as the oar moves along, as would be the oase of covers pivoted on the upper edge of the side Walls and Yfree to swing back and forth. At the same time, free aoeessv isuhadwto` the interior of the body for, y.loading material.

ma 1 claims;

l1. A car oever, ineludingna plurality of leaves supporteduonA the sides of av ear yand extending over the, body in overlapped relan tion to form aloover, said leaves being adapted to belfolded, intothe plane` of the sides ofthe oar iny superimposed relation. 2. .Acer cover, Comprising pair @f levers pivotallj` mounted on each side ofthe oar, anda pluralitvA of leavesl pivotallywmounted oneajoh pair of levers and adapted to lie in superimposed.relation, said levers being operable for extending the leaves into cover forming relation or folding them into superimposed relation onthe sides of the oar. l 3. A oareover, comprising a ypair kof levers pivot'ally mounted in spaced relation on' each side of a oar, a plurality of leaves pivotally secured to each lever in superimposed relation, said levers being adapted for operation to move the leaves into cover forming relation, and cam elements mounted on the sides of the oar for engaging said levers and raise the center portion higher than `the edge portions of the oover.

4. A ear cover, Comprising a pair of levers pivotallymounted in spaoed relation on eaeh sidev of a oar, al plurality of leaves pivotally ksecured to eaeli lever in superimposed relation, said levers being adapted forl operation to ino've the leaves into @over forming relatiomoain elements mounted on the sides of the for engaging said levers and raise the center portion higher than the edge ,portions of the cover, and means for detaohably securing the ends of oppositely disposed levers together in eover forming Positie@ nwtestimony whereof I affix lmy signature in the presence of tvvovvitnesses.

WALTER B. WALKER.

Witnesses: 4 M. E. JoNs,

M. W. JiiNs'EN. 

